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position to pay you as much as any one on this marlfet. Will 

 you kindly advise us by return mail what you have to offer 

 for sale, and if there is very much in your neighborhood ? If 

 there is enough to pay us to send our man there, we will prob- 

 ably do so, and you might be able to lend him considerable 

 assistance, for which we would expect to compensate you lib- 

 erally. In your answer, please state lowest price for which 

 you think honey could be bought in your locality, what quality 

 it is, and the lowest price you will take for yours. If the 

 amount is sufBciently large, and we cannot make a deal direct 

 with you, we will probably send our representative there. 



There is but little change in the price since we sent our 

 Circular, but the market is a great deal more active. We 

 being very extensive honey-dealers, control a great many 

 heavy purchases, and if you "desire to take advantage of selling 

 to us, please let us hear from you at once. You have had 

 ample time to look us up, and know that we are thoroughly 

 responsible, and good for any contracts we make. If you pre- 

 fer, we can send you references from parties we have dealt 

 with in your own State, some of whom you may know. We 

 often buy on sample, and if you desire, you might send us a 

 small sample upon receipt of this, and we will then make you 

 an offer upon whatever quantity you have. This will perhaps 

 be the most satisfactory way to do. 



Please let us hear from you by return mail, and kindly 

 give us the names of others whom you may know that have 

 honey to sell. If we are successful in doing business with you, 

 we have no fear but what we will not only hold your trade, 

 but secure that of your neighbors as well. 



Do not fail to let us have your reply at once, for if you 

 have none to sell, we will look elsewhere. 



Yours respectfully. Geo. T. Wheadon & Co. 



WHEADON LETTER NO. 2. 



Chicago, Sept. 25, 1896. 

 A. L. KiLDOw, Sheffield, III.— 



Dear Sir : — Your favor of Sept 24 at hand and noted. 

 We are much pleased to hear what a large amount of honey 

 you have on hand, as, providing we purchase same, it will 

 assist us in filling our orders, of which we have a good many. 

 We have purchased several cars of late, but almost all from 

 Utah and Colorado points. 



When you get yours ready for shipment advise us your 

 lowest price f. o. b. your station, quality, quantity, etc. If 

 possible we will send a representative out through your sec- 

 tion, or one of us will come. We can use all you have, or at 

 least the greater portion of it. 



Awaiting your early reply, we are, 



Very trulv yours, 

 E. Dictated by G. T. W. Geo. T. Wheadok & Co. 



WHEADON LETTER NO. 3. 



Chicago, Oct. 22, 1896. 

 A. L. KiLDOw, Sheffield, 111.— 



Deur Sir : — Your esteemed favor under date of Oct. 2 1 at 

 hand, and contents noted. 



We are pleased to know that your honey is ready for ship- 

 ment, as we have lately received several large orders which we 

 want to fill, and are therefore in position to use your lot at 10 

 cents per pound, providing you can ship same at once. We 

 mail you under separate cover a rubber stamp, the number of 

 which we have recorded opposite your name. Please use this 

 in marking shipment. 



Be sure and send us invoice with goods, and state whether 

 you wish our check. New York or Chicago draft, in payment 

 of the same. 



Thanking you in advance for favors asked, we are, 

 Very truly yours, Geo. T. Wheadon i Co. 

 A. Dictated by G. T. W. 



WHEADON LETTER NO. 4. 



Chicago, Oct. 29, 1896. 

 A. L. KiLDOW, Sheffield, 111.— 



Dear Sir : — Y'our esteemed favor under date of Oct. 24 

 received some days since, and we have refrained from answer- 

 ing same until now, as we were securing enough shipments of 

 honey and did not know but what we might get overstocked. 

 We having made disposition of all the lots wo had received, 

 we are now in position to use what you have if forwarded at 

 once. 



It is not customary for us to pay for goods in advance, 

 but will pay for them upon delivery. Our A No. 1 standing 

 in the commercial »vorld does not warrant our being asked to 

 make any such concessions to the shippers. We are purchas- 

 ing honey in carload lots, and we are according to you the 



same methods that we pursue with large shippers. In order 

 for us to use what honey you have at price offered you, it will 

 be necessary for you to forward same at once. 



If you have any doubts in regard to our reliability, it 

 might be a good plan for you to come to Chicago with the 

 shipment, as it is not very far, and then we can very quickly 

 convince you of our standing on this market. Please wire us 

 when goods are shipped, so we will know what to depend on. 



Very truly yours, Geo. T. Wheadon & Co. 



A. Dictated by G. T. W. 



What a beautiful series of letters those four are I One 

 would hardly believe, after reading the last one, that the 

 great firm of Wheadon & Co. is not now in existence in Chi- 

 cago, and this^ less than two months after that letter was 

 written ! But such is the case. 



It is a great pity that all the honorable firms on South 

 Water street, Chicago, don't unite and rise right up and ever- 

 lastingly wipe out such swindling firms as Wheadon & Co. 

 were, before such can even get a start. They ought to do it, 

 and will have to do it pretty soon, or they will find that no 

 business will come to even the reliable firms. Country pro- 

 ducers are getting their eyes opened, and will soon ship only 

 where they stand at least a little chance of getting someUiiiig 

 in return for their products. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Mr. R. C. Aikin, for several years located at Loveland, 

 Colo., has now "settled" at Shambaugh, Iowa. He drove 

 through from Colorado to Iowa, reaching Lincoln, Nebr., just 

 in time for the North American convention, in October. 



Mb. H. K. Beecham, of Michigan, gave us a pleasant call 

 week before last. He had been on a vacation trip of about a 

 month in Chicago and Wisconsin. He has about 60 colonies 

 of bees, and is an old bee-keeper and reader of the American 

 Bee Journal. 



Mr. W. H. Putnam, a Wisconsin bee-supply dealer, is 

 about to visit relatives in Los Angeles, Calif., and would like 

 to meet as many California bee-keepers as he can during his 

 travels. His Los Angeles address will be 1 102 Santee Street. 

 We trust he may have a pleasant trip. 



Mr. Chas. Becker, of Sangamon Co., III., dropped in to 

 see us a week ago last Saturday. Mr. B. had the finest honey 

 exhibit made by an Illinois bee-keeper at the State Fair in 

 Springfield, 111., last September. He won over .?50 in cash 

 premiums. We shouldn't wonder if next year he would lead 

 them all. He deserves all his success, for he has worked hard 

 to win his way to the front in the production of honey. 



Mr. Frank McNay and wife, of Wisconsin, passed 

 through Chicago last week on their way to Pensacola, Fla.. 

 where they will spend the winter months. Mr. McNay's bees 

 produced about two carloads of honey the past season, and, 

 besides that amount, he has bought and sold about .50 tons, 

 making something like 1 .50,000 pounds of honey that Mr. 

 McNay has had to do with the past four months. No wonder 

 that he feels that he can take a winter vacation in the 

 " Sunny Southland." 



Mr. a. I. Root, of Gleanings, is on a month's visit among 

 bee-keepers and others in Texas, Arizona, and a few other 

 States. What a fine thing it is, to be able to roam over the 

 country whenever one feels so inclined. We are glad Mr. 

 Root has the time and the dollars to be able to do it. Even if 

 we can't do likewise, we don't feel the least envious about it. 

 It always does us good to see others having an enjoyable time. 

 Maybe some day it will be ours to " go visiting" among those 

 whom we have known only by correspondence, and whom we 

 have come to esteem very highly. But until then we must be 

 content to plod on and try to make the American Bee Journal 

 the best we know how without the advantage gained by per- 

 sonal acquaintance with many bee-keepers and their methods. 



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